Membership
Co-chairs
- Jason Mierek, National Center for Supercomputing Applications
- Gill Snyder, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute*
Activities
- Develop and implement member survey
- December 2022, IRB approved
- Develop member database (names, units, role in research development)
- Develop member onboarding
- Create and initiate research development awards and recognition program
- Develop mentoring program for research development professionals on campus
Strategic Research Support
Activities
- Work with OVCRI to develop database of the resources in the common facilities on campus
- Develop Broader Impacts database
- Develop and evaluate tools for the campus
- Funding databases
- iThenticate
- Develop resources for proposal elements (such as boilerplate text)
- Increase research development representation on campus-wide committees
- Identify campus units and offices with research development personnel and define activities
- Develop strategies for research development professionals to promote diversity and gender equity in the UIUC research enterprise
Education
Co-chairs
- Derek Attig, The Graduate College
- Sherilyn Williams-Stroud, Prairie Research Institute
Activities
- Develop research enterprise training for new research development professionals and new faculty members
- Develop research development-specific leadership training
- Organize seminars and workshops on topics of interest to the UIUC research enterprise, including:
- Justice40 Initiative
- Team Science
- Broader Impacts
- Develop an internship program for postdocs, grad students, faculty, staff to learn about research development careers
- Currently leveraging the Graduate College Career Exploration Fellowship Program to work with RDC Graduate Fellows
Outreach
Co-chairs
- Maggie Berg, IHSI
- Richard Sallee, Office of Proposal Development*
Activities
- Develop and manage an events calendar to inform RDC members regarding events at external research development-related organizations
- Liaise with NORDP, NORDP Great Lakes, ARIS, INSciTS
- Host debrief events from regional and national research development organizations; make available to RDC
- Build relationships with other research development offices at other institutions
*Denotes co-chair who also serves on RDC’s executive committee.